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John Lewis are doing the Panny TH37-PE30, with free Panny cabinet, and free delivery, and 5 year guarantee etc for £1,995. Is this a good deal? My Dad is buying a plasma too [i'm getting the Pio 435 XDE], but just wanted to know if that was a good JL deal???

I imagine it includes everything we'd need [tuner, speakers etc...]

Anyone have any thoughts on it? Is it a good screen? Any known problems with it? Anything I should look out for, or make sure off before I tell him to go for it?

If only JL sold the XDE, i'd get him to whip mine on his credit card too! Haha!!

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Yes mate sounds alright. I think the cheapest you could find that for online with a stand and delivery is about £1850.....so its really up to you. But an extra £150 for the piece of mind of 5 years warranty and returns policy of John Lewis is a bit of a bargain. I would go for the £2000 JL package bud. Sound and vision in bolton are doing it for £1850 delivered and they have a shop which means JL will price match and chuck in the 5 years warranty so it could be even better news...

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Cool, thanks guys! But is the PE30 the right model for my old man? Not that he'll be doing anything fancier than watching a DVD [he doesn't even have Sky!] - Will this screen be good enough for him? Are there any major problems?

Or I see a lot of talk about the PW7 - is it better to go for this model considering difference in cost?

Finally - does the JL PE30 package include everything my Dad would need??? According to RS, it doesn't include a remote control in their package [which seems odd]. Does the JL PE30 include everything he'd need? Or will he need to buy some extras when he buys the screen?

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JL includes TV stand (you need a mount either floor/table stand or bracket) and should have a remote for an older or less technical person is ideal has FV and analogue, easy to connect DVD player use just like a standard telly, the PW7 is a monitor display only and more complex for normal TV watching

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You're a star horny! Thanks! That's made up my mind! The PE30 it is! Otherwise he'll be calling me every day to come and fix something or other - and i'm nearly as useless as him with this kind stuff! I don't even know the difference between regular scart, RGB scart, and s-video etc etc etc! LOL!

Now I'm just gonna see how far I can push JL to match someone, and i'm sorted! )